Game of Thrones season 4 trailer will set your heart racing

It’s a global phenomenon, the most pirated show on the planet and the spawner of a thousand “winter is coming memes”. Small wonder then that there’s so much excitement around the release of HBO’s first official trailer for the fourth season of Game of Thrones.

In the hours since the video first went live, it’s attracted nearly 1.5-million views. By the looks of things the new season will be incredibly action-packed, with a couple of interesting new characters to boot.

The new season starts on 6 April.